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, that it was not until 12:30 a.m. eastern time that nbc was able to call ohio for mitt romney. even that call was just mitt romney as the apparent winner. because for five hours after poll closing it had been so close that it was impossible to say who had won the state. in fact right now mitt romney is the apparent winner of ohio because his margin of victory is only 1% and the entire vote isn't in yet. otio has been called for mitt romney but this was really, really close. still though as steve schmidt argued very well last night even when it's really, really close there is no prize for second place. even when it is that close a race. even a one-point race or zero-point race you would rather be the guy who won even if it's by a little than the guy who did not win. so ohio goes down not as a tie, not as otio but a win, in the mitt romney column and that matters. a win that is frankly as important to mr. romney's presidential prospects as his win was in michigan a week ago. in both those big important bell-weathery states, rick santorum gave mitt romney a run for his money. but ohio and michigan also s

. why does mitt romney still look like a big ball of cold mashed peas to republicans? romney's argument seems to be you're stuck with me so live with it. not exactly the lift of a driving dream. the race goes on and on and guess what? the next few states favoring rick santorum. santorum might have a clean shot at romney if only newt gingrich would get out of the way. newt won his home state and nothing else yesterday. why is he staying in the race? meanwhile, over at team obama, they are smiling. i talked to david axelrod about the state of the race. and president obama's great fort nun having mitt and company as his opponents and only opponents. and rush limbaugh keeps losing advertisers, but wait until you hear which big name progress sieve defending him. >>> finally, let me finish with the lack of great innocence the republican presidential campaign. as if you needed to hear about it from me. we begin with mitt romney weak in victory. chuck todd and major garrett is with the national journal. gentlemen, thank you so much. let's take a look at the wicked national press reviews romney

get out. mitt romney wants them both gone. will the march through march push anybody to the breaking point? team obama starts hammering romney from the other side as hom me in struggles with his own party's primary. they define him as an unacceptable alternative and romney can fully fight back. john boehner butts heads can fellow republicans over billions of dollars for roads, rails and bridges. can he get the tea party base to govern? good morning from washington. it's super thursday. this is "the daily rundown." let's get to the first read of the morning. super tuesday marks the beginning of the end. it's marked the beginning of the end of every competitive campaign for the last quarter century. for now, this republican race apparently is going on. mitt romney tries desperately behind the scenes to end it. the campaign spent much of yesterday making the case that neither santorum or gingrich has a realistic shot and brought out show and tell to highlight the advantage adding it would take an act of god for one of them to go. we will get to 1144 and be the republican nominee. that g

president. on the theory that an one-point victory looks the same as a 20-point victory, mitt romney crows about ohio and. our story on "countdown." the candidates all with something to crow about on the morning after. >> i must admit after last night i feel pretty darn good. >> i feel very good about last night. >> we were thrilled last night in georgia to have a great victory. >> not winning his home state would have been a major disaster disaster. romney without that problem winning michigan over a week ago. winning ohio virginia, massachusetts and gingrich scoring in georgia everything else no good. as for ron paul, everything no good. the texas congressman losing every super tuesday state including the caucuses including in a statement while other candidates are focused solely on the beauty contests to get the headlines i'm confident i can lead to the nomination. he may be the only one confident leading that way. romney edging santorum by a point in ohio. one point. gingrich and paul just watching. romney winning in alaska, santorum a close second again with paul and gingrich trailin

on morning shows saying that he is not convinced that rick santorum can defeat mitt romney in a head to head race. politico writing that mitt romney vowing to fight back today. the focus on the romney campaign has been the math. writing from boston saying it would take a dramatic change for mitt romney to lose the nomination for president. that was the argument that romney's high command delivered in a briefing today. this following a ten-state super tuesday contest in which the former massachusetts governor was able to eek out a very narrow victory in ohio. but he lost contests in traditional republican states of tennessee, oklahoma and north dakota to rick santorum. andrea sul a spokesman for the romney campaign announced that the campaign raising about $11.5 million in february. that was the second best fundraising month for the romney campaign. not a lot of appearance today by the candidate as they try to regroup following super tuesday. you heard a moment ago rick santorum on the campaign trail in kansas. mitt romney from boston appearing on cnbc's "squawk box" this morning. >> historic

. >> they could have carried mitt romney over the ohio finish line. >> if santorum did better with women, he could have pulled it out in ohio. >> it is mathematically improbable that rick santorum can be the nominee. >> we need a person running against president obama. >> newt gingrich needs to drop out right now for that to happen. >> lots money to run through, i'm the tortoise, i take one step at a time. >> newt won his home state and nothing else yesterday, why is he staying in the race? >> seriously, michael steele, what is going on with mitt romney? >> this is the guy, this is who he is. >> and in 2012, we're going to get him out of the white house. >> he won the most states, he won the most delegates. >> you have to give him his due. >> why does mitt romney still look like a big bowl of cold mashed peas? >> you don't need people that will crawl across broken glass to vote for mitt romney. >> the reality will settle in and they'll understand, mitt romney is going to be the nominee. >> if you don't run chris christie, mitt romney will be the nominee and we'll lose. we'll lose. >>> the limbaugh

, i'm all for him getting out. i'm all for mitt romney -- i'm for everybody getting out. i wish president obama would just hand me the thing. but that's not going to happen. >> but can romney cure his southern discomfort? as republicans start battling for the bible belt, joe biden weighs in. >> i kind of look through all their personal squabbling and their characteristics and their personalities and look at what they're saying. and there's no fundamental difference. >> plus, today is international women's day. michelle obama and hillary clinton team up to salute women of courage. >> to all of those who are oppressed and abused and left out and left behind, they are saying, i am standing with you. i am fighting for you. you are not alone. >>> and today's agents of change in our women in the world series, from the uk, sarah brown, leader on women's education and the white ribbon alliance. and path breaker and philanthropist, deann. plus, the leader of the arab spring, dahlia jiada. that is if that massive solar flare hurling toward earth doesn't hit us first. >>> but we're still h

." >>> tonight, gop death match. mitt romney says he's in it to win it. >> we're counting up the delegates for the convention. it looks good. we're counting down the days until november and that looks even better. >> rick santorum says he won't drop out. >> we're in this race to stay. >> what will it take for someone to nail this down? i'll ask campaign insiders how far they'll go to get the nomination. also a woman who knows exactly how tough it is to run for the white house. >> anything and everything can happen in a political race. having been there ourselves, don't count anybody out until the race is over. >> cindy mccain, her take on the race and her life outside of politics and a hot new movie "game change." >>> only in america. nap time for newt gingrich. the long cam has taken its toll. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. the big story tonight why can't the gop make up its mind? mitt romney won the key state of ohio last night but barely. he took the top spot in the total of six super tuesday states but he's quite a long way from sewing up the nomination. he put a positiv

if i didn't ask about super tuesday's results. governor romney won the big prize, ohio. do you believe the time has come for other candidates to now get out of the race? >> i would hope so, but i can't tell the other candidates what they should do. they have to make their own decisions. i'm aware how tough an environment this is and so they have to make up their own minds. it is a fact that the longer this drags out, the higher the negatives of mitt romney and the harder it will be to win the election in november. that's just fundamental facts. >> governor palin was on cnn last night saying she would leave the door open to her name being placed into nomination if there was a contested convent n convention. what was your reaction to that? >> glad to see that sarah is still willing to get into the arena. i greatly admire and respect her. sarah, i view it with great interest your comment last night. i also think that, you know, that this thing is going to be resolved hopefully sooner for mitt romney than later. >> senator mccain, i always appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, an

>>> good evening, americans, and welcome to the ed show tonight. mitt romney's spineless response to rush limbaugh's controversy has caught the attention the president and sarah palin is trying to play the victim again. keep it right here, it's the ed show. let's get business side. everything's cool. there is not a thing to worry about. >> rush is spinning hard and republicans refuse to lead. >> the limbaugh thing was a test of leadership. and you know, mitt romney's failed those tests in the campaign. >> new reporting says mitt romney's ties to clearchannel could be the reason he's taking it easy on rush. >>> the latest on the boycott with krystal ball and politics with ohio senator lena turner. >> i believe it will be impossible for a moderate to win the general election. >> push is coming to shove in the disasterous republican primary. sam stein and bob shrum on the super tuesday aftermath. >> game change ii is starting to write itself. >> i wouldn't close that door, and my plan is to be at the convention. >> richard wolffe on the latest palin-sanity. >> the right wing conspira

wins that one, that's it. and if i'm not mistaken -- >> mitt romney declared the winner in ohio. >> okay. all right, everybody, thanks for coming, that's a wrap. we're just going to sit back. show's over. good luck in the general election. i'm going to smoke my pipe and watch book notes as i always do to unwind from a hard day at the satire factory. unless -- >> romney eked out the win in ohio. >> he barely won in the all important state of ohio. >> he won the math, but lost the momentum. >> he could not deliver a knockout punch. >> the republican race far from over, folks. >> every time. >> every time. good morning. it's thursday, march the 8th. and with us on the set, we've got executive editor of random house, pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. the list keeps -- >> do you have my tax returns? >> i heard at the "game change" premiere because i -- you know, all the kids were calling me because all the cool kids were there last night. >> i, of course, was home not like jon stewart. >> did you have porage for the kids? >> it soothes my nerves at the end of the day, and

you have for us tonight? >> all right, jimmy, mitt romney and the markets bounce back. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report" coming to you tonight from washington, d.c. this morning i moderated the business roundtable discussion on the ceo plan for jobs and economic growth. so sizzle story number one this evening. stocks come back thanks to a strong adp jobs report and a weird fed story that somehow they're going to buy more bonds without creating more money. it's all hooey. don't believe a word of it. we break it down in just a moment. sizzle story number two. once again, mitt romney snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a come from behind razor-thin win in ohio. but he still has a slog of a couple of months. sheer one more sizzle. the new ipad unveiled today. it's hd. it's g4. and it ipaded stocks for everyone but apple. first tonight let's turn to our market panel. maybe we can get rid of all that music that is blasting in my ear. thank you very much. we're going to do some stock market work on today's comeback. joining me now cnbc contribu

refuse to lead. >> the limbaugh thing was a test of leadership. and you know, mitt romney's failed those tests in the campaign. >> new reporting says mitt romney's ties to clearchannel could be the reason he's taking it easy on rush. >>> the latest on the boycott with krystal ball and politics with ohio senator lena turner. >> i believe it will be impossible for a moderate to win the general election. >> push is coming to shove in the disasterous republican primary. sam stein and bob shrum on the super tuesday aftermath. >> game change ii is starting to write itself. >> i wouldn't close that door, and my plan is to be at the convention. >> richard wolffe on the latest palin-sanity. >> the right wing conspiracy theorists get scooped. >> e.j. dionne joins us. >>> republicans just can't bring themselves to criticize rush limbaugh in any way, shape or form. the gop candidates have been so critical of president obama but they will not condemn out rainous attacks by a commercial talk show host. mitt romney punted on his first chance to address rush limbaugh. he was given a second chance and ra

of the nation's most respected political insiders. mitt romney is acting like he's got the race locked up. in fact, i think this about sums it up, meh romney. this is the war room. come on inside. >> we are tracking a gop presidential nominees, mitt romney, not surprising, was after yesterday is trending up despite a meh performance in yesterday super tuesday contest. he won six states, including the all-important ohio, although he didn't deliver a knockout punch. that didn't stop his campaign circulating a memo encouraging the other candidates to step aside. the next state coming up is kansas. its caucus is on saturday. there are 40 delegates at stake. it is a caucus. today, newt gingrich canceled plans to campaign in kansas so that he can focus on the southern states. hmm. the only area he has done well is those southern states. rick santorum is planning a big ad buy in kansas alabama and mississippi. alabama's as we dig down into their primary is on tuesday so a week from yesterday, 50 delegates at state. it's a proportion another race, all these states are. romney is leading santorum

. >> bret: fox news can now project that mitt romney will win the state of ohio. >> bill: mitt romney squeaks out a win in ohio but his opponents say they will continue to fight. we will have the best super tuesday coverage anywhere. karl rove, george stephanopoulos, dick morris and dennis miller will all weigh in. >> i don't know what's in rush limbaugh's heart so i'm not going to comment on the sin -- sincerity of his apology. >> bill: president obama reaping benefit over the contraception. >> you won a million dollars. >> i won a million. >> after i took the lump sum is dropped down to 700,000. >> bill: michigan gone woman wins the lottery but still using food stamps. you are not going to believe this one. >> i feel that it's okay because i have no income. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. mitt romney, the winner on super tuesday and that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the governor now has more than 400 d

. >> if mitt romney wins ohio, he takes a giant step forward. >> if santorum can squeak this guy... >> if romney wins in ohio... >> santorum can't afford to lose ohio. >> if romney wins ohio. >> if santorum wins there, the whole omlette is up in the air. it may land on the floor. [laughter] >> jon: you have run out of metaphors. the omlette? what, are you staying at a hotel where an omlette bar? the omlette bar. ohio, huh? so that's it. so ohio is the decisive state. whoever wins that one, that's it. and if i'm not mistaken... >> romney delaird the winner in ohio. >> oh, okay. thanks for coming. that's a wrap. we're just going to sit back. show's over plsm romney, good luck in the general election. i'm going to smoke my pipe and watch book notes as i do unwinding after a hard day at the satire factory, unless... >> romney eked out the win in ohio. >> he barely won in the all-important state of ohio. >> mitt romney won the map but he lost the momentum. >> he could not deliver a knock-out punch. >> the republican race far from over, folks. [laughter] >> jon: every time. if only i h

rock in new york city. >>> mitt romney says the republican race for president is now a matter of math and that the numbers simply do not add up for his rivals. as of this moment romney leads the republican field with 341 delegates. remember, though, he needs 1,145 to clench the nomination. he's followed by newt gingrich and rick santorum. romney's campaign notes only 4 of the remaining contests are winner take all, meaning it's increasingly difficult for any one candidate to catch up to romney. a memo released by his camp highlights the road ahead for the republican candidates saying the longer they ignore the basic principles of math the only person's odds of winning there are increasing are president obama's. romney needs less than 50% of the remaining delegates to wrap up the nomination compared to rick santorum who needs to win nearly two out of every three from this day forward to become the nominee. one romney aide said it would take, quote, an act of god to prevent romney from winning the nomination. rick santorum refuses to accept the idea that romney is inevitable. >> what wo

in a decade. what will the wild winter bring to your neighborhood next. >>> extreme political makeover? romney winning the numbers game. but is he winning hearts? remember that sweater? that swigging? that bowling alley. is the mitt makeover next? >>> abc news investigates. is that ground beef that you buy at the supermarket what you think it is? tomorrow, will you be asking your grocer if they're pumping up the volume with something called pink slime? >>> and the billionaires' club. the rags to riches tales of the newest millionaires. how oprah's friend turned a girdle into a gold mine. >>> good evening. the u.s. government made it official today. announcing that this is the single-warmest winter in a decade in america. and here's what it looks like. two-thirds of the country, those states in red and yellow, have been abnormally warm. so warm, millions of people should begin bracing for the consequences around the corner. for one thing, experts say they are starting to see mosquitos swarming way before spring arrives. and tracking it all for us tonight, abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: hig

on the campaign trail today after mitt romney won six contests on super tuesday, but failed to put away his closest rival rick santorum. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we assess the state of play in the g.o.p. race with pollster andrew kohut, susan page of usa today, and trey grayson of harvard university's institute of politics. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown looks at the diplomatic options available for dealing with the potential of a nuclear iran. >> woodruff: from the democratic republic of congo, fred de sam lazaro reports on one organization's efforts to help heal communities after two decades of continuous warfare. >> i don't like to fight >> ifill: ray suarez talks to m lahood, back in the u.s. after he and several other americans were detained in egypt. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic per

on and four men are still competing to be the nominee. of course, mitt romney's got the delegate lead, but is still trying to show he can win in the south. so now he's pouring time and money into southern states. meantime, supporters of rick santorum are arguing repeatedly that newt gingrich needs to get out of the race, but it doesn't look like anyone is dropping out. >> i'm not saying i don't want him to get out. if he wants to get out, i'm all for him getting out, i'm for everybody getting out. i wish president obama would hand me the thing. >> i'm staying in the race because i believe it's impossible for the moderate to win the general election. >> i'm prepared to fight all the way to become the nominee. >> well, joining me now from "new york times," gentlemen, good morning. nick, what do you think the chances are newt gingrich drops out? >> immediately, very, very low. and, you know, he -- there's a real incentive to stay in. not because he's going to win the nomination, but because it gives him leverage. it gives him influence and future speaking gigs. and this is -- you know, t

. >> all right, on "the young turks." mitt romney won but did he? we'll present the mitt romney nightmare scenario. >> was it santorum who won. and then rush does it again. what is it with all of these young single white men and overeducated, it doesn't mean intelligent. >> why is he attacking young women again? we'll show you how he did it, why he did it, and why he should be taken off american armed forces network plus fox news goes after an american company. >> it is for four rather small seats for americans and you still think it's worth it? >> that sound like an foreigner against our companies. we'll discuss that later in the company, as well. you know what it is? it's go haim. >> so a lot happened last night. mitt romney won six states. santorum won three states. and we did a mash up to give a sense of the night. here are some of the speeches were last night. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ♪ keeps georgia ♪ on my mind ♪ >> the national lead especially in the republican party has decided that that that a gingrich presidency was so scary they had to kill it early. >> yo

. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on, tonight. >> bret: fox news can now project that mitt romney will win the state of ohio. >> bill: mitt romney squeaks out a win in ohio but his opponents say they will continue to fight. we will have the best super tuesday coverage anywhere. karl rove, george stephanopoulos, dick morris and dennis miller will all weigh in. >> i don't know what's in rush limbaugh's heart so i'm not going to comment on the sin -- sincerity of his apology. >> bill: president obama reaping benefit over the contraception. >> you won a million dollars. >> i won a million. >> after i took the lump sum is dropped down to 700,000. >> bill: michigan gone woman wins the lottery but still using food stamps. you are not going to believe this one. >> i feel that it's okay because i have no income. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. mitt romney, the winner on super tuesday and that is the subject of this evening's talking points me

>> welcome to the journal. coming up, mitt romney comes closer to the republican nomination, but he fails to strike a decisive blow. >> hundreds more are at evacuated as flood waters, affects communities in southeastern australia. >> does he deserve it -- germany questions honors for a former disgraced president. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- cracks in the republican race for the presidential nomination, -- >> in the republican race for the presidential nomination, mitt romney has edged out rick santorum. >> mitt romney claimed victory in six states including ohio. even though it was not a knockout blow he was hoping for, he has extended his lead in the primary race. >> this was billed as a decisive night in the republican primaries. the series of victories would have established mitt romney as the republican front-runner once and for all, but for all their enthusiasm, his supporters could only support a partial when. the former governor and business man took six out of 10 states, one of them, ohio, by a whisker. >> your support means everything t

to the radio. we have mitt romney. >> steve: fantastic. bill: there are significant concerns about iran's nuclear program. this is new video in from an emergency meeting called by the united nations in europe. reports are iran is advancing its nuclear program and hiding the evidence from the u.s. and just about everyone else who wants to know what it's up to. good morning to you, martha. martha: good morning. i'm martha maccallum here in washington. a defiant iran appearing to thumb its nose at calls to stop its uranium enrichment program. bill: leland vittert is live on the story. report report israelis are saying we told you so. front page of the big daily newspaper proof, iran is building a nuclear bomb. the facility is 20 miles south of tehran. it's a secret military facility the inspectors from the united nations have asked to get into. tehran says no, they finally say yes, but satellite images show there are cleanups going on there. it is evidence that iran is work on the bomb. the ambassador says iran has no interest in nuclear weapons. bill: how does this change the calculation

is how things are shaping up. these are post super tuesday polls. mitt romney is in the lead now in alabama. rick santorum did have a lead in some polls a couple days ago, but romney out in front 31%. rick santorum trailing by 10 points. newt gingrich and ron paul in third and fourth place in those races. and the gingrich campaign has said they are risking everything on those two southern primaries. they have always felt that that sweep through the south should be where newt gingrich would be capable of being strong. a campaign spokesman for mr. gingrich says they are a must-win in alabama and mississippi. he won georgia handily. last night in birmingham gingrich predicted victory. >> when we win this primarily and the primary next door we will have reset this primary race. it's the most amazing thing i have ever seen. >> reporter: gingrich canceled planned events in kansas. he has won fewer total delegates than both mitt romney and rick santorum. so watch that. bill: we have fox news alert. new job numbers in the number of americans filing for first time benefits up to 362,000.

leading gop candidates are all campaigning in those states today with mitt romney facing an important test in the key republican strongholds after losses in georgia, tennessee and oklahoma. romney was under heavy fire today from rick santorum. >> obama care is in fact the death nail for freedom. that's why it must be repealed. the eventual nominee is singularly the worst person to make that case to the american people. >> santorum is about to hold a second campaign vent in alabama while his camp tries to pressure newt gingrich to drop out. newt gingrich ain't budging. let's bring in our panel. it's great to have you here. let's start right out of the gate on this one. how important is it for mitt romney to get a victory in a competitive southern contest. we're talking about the hospitality of the south. >> i think it's critically important. i think the crux of the issue is religion. i don't think it's idealogoy alone. the fact that he can't get to 30% is there's some lingering bias toward the lds church. i think he has to con front that head on. i think he could have done it in the midst o

down in washington. leading off tonight, faking it. here's mitt romney's problem. he's not a movement conservative. he just plays one on tv and that's why he can't close the deal with republicans. he has the most votes snagged the most delegates, but the enthusiasm gap keeps growing. it may be abdomen to get worse with a string of primaries in unfriendly territory. rising gas prices may be the biggest threat to president obama's reelection. so why are some republicans arguing that the president wants to see the price go up? does that make sense? plus if republicans won't stop going after contraception, democrats won't stop benefitting from it. eight democrats, all women walked out yesterday when the georgia senate voted to restrict access to contraception and abortion. one of them joins us tonight. one of those senators down there. and two questions. why is rick santorum worried about guam and why is he in damage control mode out in those islands? >>> finally, let me finish with how a president proves he's the man of the people and willing to take on big business. we begin with mitt r

v romney. the real winner is big money. super pac spending has eclipsed the total spent during the entirety of the 2008 election. the store as super pacs play an ever increasing role in the republican party and becomes clear that problem president obama will need the help of his super pac or the one associated with him. what happens after that? romney's nail-biting victory in ohio seems to be a victory bought by super pac and great amounts of it. he was outspend by romney, 12-1, even though more reliable numbers put it at 5-1. and in total super pacs supporting republican candidates, they have spent $66 million all surpassing the amount spent in the 2010 elections as well as the total spent by the nrc in the 2008. but some states are avoiding being bought off. voters in 53 vermont towns passed anti-citizens united resolutions supporting the constitution. so the corporations do not have the first amendment rights as people and therefore cannot donate unlimited funds to super pacs. although the resolution was unbinding it was a first step to similar resolutions: i asked about tha

primaries in alabama and mississippi next tuesday may be the last chance for mitt romney's rivals to halt his momentum. rick santorum would love to go one on one with him, but night gingrich may have a different story. joe johns is watching all of this for us. >> reporter: wolf, rick santorum just finishing up an event, and he's expected to head to mobile, alabama later tonight. this is a situation where he has already proven he can win in the south by winning tennessee. the fact of the matter is newt gingrich is such a strong presence here. >> reporter: in this speech santorum is suggesting there's a third man in the race besides mitt romney, but doesn't go much further than that. >> if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on tuesday this race will become a two-person race, and when it becomes a two-person race for the republican nomination, the conservative will win that nomination. >> reporter: but if you ask santorum directly about whether he or anyone on his campaign staff is calling for gingrich to get out, he'll tell you no way. >> if they're doing so, they're not d

. [laughter] speaking of not really being there, mitt romney. [laughter and applause] last night... last night was super tuesday, a ten-state g.o.p. primary orgy, a big, sweaty pile of lever-yanking republican voters, and like most orgy, it involves a bunch of middle-aged guys who are not appealing to women. now, i will say, it is impressive that at his age and weight newt gingrich is still able to maintain an e. -- election. thank you, michael. good man. now, last week in preparation for super tuesday, i started counting down to the moment that i must finally accept romney'sen evidentability and realize my long-standing love and support for this man once there is no other choice. so let's see how much time is left. jim, bring up the countdown to loving mitt clock. oh, no. two minutes 45 seconds. really? aren't i supposed to get last meal first? i'm scared. pull it together, colbert. grow up. everybody has to compromise, except anyone in congress. okay. okay. i mean, how hard can it be? i trained myself to like olives. so, jim, i know romney won six states last night, just play the pundits tel

's tuesday win makes him the most recent ndidate with momentum. the the big the mo. question, how an romney's michigan vior very significant. he was facing seeing his brenn there would have been cry for otr candidate, fund-raising may have dried up. he could lllo ohio in that circumstance. so now we're looking at a ra i think where you're trngto keep romney below the number of 1144 and it'shard to do that. certainly -- >>upsd is tuday and these are the 10 states holding pry mary's -- alkageorgi gingrich's home state, idaho, sshu noh kota, ohio, oklahoma, tennessee, vermont, virginia. going to -- take - --omney >> i think romney will dominate sur esy. he will not probably carry ora, which is beginning rich's home state. nggiri ithe he divides the opposition against romney so i think romney will come o this day as the clear republican candidate. >>ouage? >>the big prize is ohio. no republican has wothe presidency without carryi io noton e prar but in the fall. and that's everybody will focus io, whether santorum can catch romney in ohio. then gingrich has yet to wi hihome state of georgia.

i migratoria y los candidatos mexicanos. >> mitt romney vence pero no convence aÚn. en quÉ seo viene despuÉs del llamado "sÚper martes." >> todo se vale para estos campesinos que reclaman sus derechos. >> y completamente seguro asÍ dice el papÁ benedicto xvi es como se sentirÁ en mÉxico. >> la ediciÓn miÉrcoles de su noticiero telemundo comienza ya. >> noticiero telemundo con josÉ dÍaz-balart. >> hola ¿quÉ tal? muy buenas tardes, la contienda re pÚblipua por la casa blanca tuvo un dÍa clave. mitt romney podrÍa enfrentar al presidente obama. >> hoy dÍa hablÉ con el vicepresidente geo bvice joe biden. >> lo que veo en los aspectos fundamentales que afectan a nuestra gente, no hay diferencia entre ellos, bÁsicamente tienen la misma posiciÓn asÍ que no me fijo en sus personalidades y lo que dicen todos se oponen a una reforma migratoria integral se oponen al acta del sueÑo, no veo diferencia entre ellos. >> acaba de regresar de mÉxico se reuniÓ con los principales candidatos presidenciales y quiÉn considera usted serÍa el prÓximo presidente de mÉxico? >> mire,

wall street in a moment. coming up, was it a super tuesday for mitt romney or not? a lot of opinions on fox news last night, including this guy over here. we'll show you what the smartest people in politics think about the results. also, don't forget to e-mail us at thefive@foxnews.com. stay with us. ♪ ♪ >> dana: welcome back to "the five." we're going to talk politics now. yesterday was super tuesday. republican candidates battled it out. here at fox we have a bunch of our all-star on it. take a listen. >> we're past the point now where we should be talking about momentum or perception or any of that. it's about delegates. >> i think in the end it's a slow and steady, the tortoise, you know, gathering up delegates. romney is on his way but it will be painful long strip. it gets weaker, not stronger with every week. >> competition makes all the candidates stronger. we have five men running for president. any of the four on the g.o.p. ticket are stronger than barack obama. that fifth candidate running for president, newt gingrich one of the four, i'm glad he is staying in it. >> t

: on this day after super tuesday here is where the republican presidential race stands. mitt romney won six of the ten states that voted yesterday. rick santorum three, newt gingrich one. so far, 22 states have voted. romney has won 13, santorum 7, gingrich two. it takes 1,144 delegates to clinch the nomination. romney is more than a third of the way there with 391. santorum has 140. gingrich 95, ron paul 38. romney won the key battleground state of ohio last night-- but just barely. john dickerson is our political director. john, where does romney stand today? >> well, scott, ohio was a lot closer than the romney campaign wanted it to be. they'd hoped if they had a commanding victory romney would be able to say that the ration was just all but over. instead, questions were raised again about his inability to connect with the most conservative members of his party. but overall, it was a good night. as you mentioned, six of ten states won by romney, 65% of the delegates at stake last night. in talking to experts today, they say it's nearly impossible for romney's competitors to overtake him

hi, i'm thomas roberts. on the agenda today, getting out of the race. that's what mitt romney is telling his republican rivals saying it would take an act of god for anyone else to win the republican nomination. given the delegate math which is working in romney's favor. but the front-runner is flanked by two conservatives unwilling to step aside and shrugging off the talk of this race being all but over. >> if the governor thinks he's, you know, he's now ordained by god to win, then let -- let's have it out. they've got the machine. they've got the, you know, the insiders and the big money. we've got the people. i like my chances. >> certainly senator santorum would like to see newt gingrich step aside, but he's dancing to his own tune. >> i would say with all respect to my friend from pennsylvania, senator santorum, there is a big difference between being a good team member and changing the game. i'm not going to washington to be a good team member. i'm going to washington to change washington decisively. >> and just to give you a programming note about the agener agendas th

romney. i think this is a guy who with needs to think like he's going to be the nominee, but act like he isn't. s.e., what about you? >> he's preparing for a couple of rough weeks ahead. the calendar is not on his side. l louisiana, mississippi, kansas, these are states he'll be lucky to come in second in, and certainly won't win. so hopefully he doesn't get desperate. that seems desperate to me, throwing that out there. that is not a disciplined campaign strategy. >> well, also, is math really the compelling issue? but casey, you're familiar with the -- you're a cracker jack campaign reporter. so, you know, tell us a little bit about what romney's strategy is thus far? i mean, we know what it's sort of been thus far, but i feel like this is part and parcel of the guy with the sort of expensive chocolate shoes that keep getting his foot in his mouth. wow, so many metaphors there. romney can't seem to get away from this sort of wooden, you know, privileged, romney speak, and this would seem to be reflective of that. >> keep in mind, i was at that briefing yesterday where they were laying

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a little bit about what romney's strategy is thus far? i mean, we know what it's sort of been thus far, but i feel like this is part and parcel of the guy with the sort of expensive chocolate shoes that keep getting his foot in his mouth. wow, so many metaphors there. romney can't seem to get away from this sort of wooden, you know, privileged, romney speak, and this would seem to be reflective of that. >> keep in mind, i was at that briefing yesterday where they were laying this out. keep in mind, one of his central challenges has been convincing the party to get behind him and trying to push these rivals of his out of the race. this is not necessarily a picture of the entirety of the romney campaign, but it is the argument that they're going to present going forward, as they try to convince everyone in washington that has still stayed on the sidelines, all of those people who, you know, we still talk about as potentially jumping in, because he hasn't been the, you know, most compelling candidate, to get off the sidelines and to say, listen, it's time to, you know -- >> pony up! and i

tuesday did anything but. tonight, what the romney campaign is saying about that nomination. >>> frozen in time. nearly a year after the nuclear disaster, an exclusive visit to the dead zone in japan. richard engel is just back with a rare firsthand look at what's left. >>> second chance, the incredible story of a mother of three who was dying of melanoma and is now alive and well. what her doctors did for her that could turn out to be a turning point for others. >>> the end zone. an emotional farewell for a beloved champion. a question now, is the game over? >>> and the coming solar storm. racing toward earth at 4 million miles an hour and what could happen when it gets here overnight. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. if anybody was looking for super tuesday to simplify the gop race for the nomination, if mitt romney was hoping to use super tuesday to clinch the nomination, it didn't happen. four candidates went into last night's primaries. today four candidates woke up and went on. after another late night, this race goes on. i

in congress today on the issue that likely matters most to you, the economy. >>> plus what keeps mitt romney up and night and how he deals with it. let's just say your breakfast is let's just say your breakfast is his nightcap. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin with significant new developments in the standoff over iran's nuclear program and what to do about it. in a moment the framework for one last attempt at diplomacy. but first new indications tonight of what might come to pass if that diplomacy fails. according to israeli media reports. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's visit to america this week included a request for one of america's most sensitive bombing systems, bunker bombs. it sounds like the administration is inclined to say yes. at the white house today a very careful response. >> in meetings the president had there was no such agreement proposed or reached. >> note the meetings with the president. from the spokesman there. prime minister netanyahu made the request in talks with the pentagon. this would be used if israel were to launch strikes against the sus

letre let's go to du doocey. >> you mentioned yesterday was super for romney but next week could be super for newt gingrich. his one victory is in georgia. he thinks that gives him strength in the south. ahead of mississippi and alabama primaries he is driving from jackson to south haven mississippi. romney also in mississippi. santorum right next door driving from huntsville to mobile, alabama. as it stands romney has a commanding lead in delegates. he has 419. second place santorum and gingrich has 107. nobody is nominated until they get 11,44. there are still 1533 up for grabs. george w. bush's successful white house run, karl rove says, if you want to see how things are going to shake outlook ahead at states where delegates aren't rewarded proportionally. >> the winner takes all states utah 40 delegates, 42 wisconsin, 46 indiana, 17 delaware. these are the other winner takes allstate. they don't split their vote. >> while gingrich tries to gain steam the president is criticizing the former speaker's plan for $2.50 for gas. >> tell them we are tired of hearing phony election y

their ballots, mitt romney walk away with six and a boost to his delegate lead, but with rick santorum scoring victories in six states doubt still remains, and nowhere was it more down to the wire that and in ohio rigid stand in ohio. >> this is a run away, but he gets no outs for his victories, in ohio spending four times as much as his nearest rival. but tomorrow and we get up and start again, and so we go day by day, step by step. >> appealing to republican hearts and one after the the other has been the hope. now christian conservative rick santorum is a standard error of the right, attacking credibility. >> we need a person running against president obama who is truthful with the american public. >> the message of appeals in rural america as places like ohio, and mitt romney cannot seal the deal. places like this they pick the politicians as carefully as they choose their council. issues like abortion and gay marriage can become surprisingly important. >> i do not think you can be too conservative, especially in this day and age. >> the priority is choosing a right-wing firebrand, even if

. conservatives are urging him to drop out and back rick santorum. david muir is with the romney campaign. >> reporter: called the romney reality, over a billion more votes, more states won than the other guys. yet the finish line is far off. >> i'm going to stay in the race because we're doing well. >> reporter: even if it is romney at the end of the fight, at what price? >> we haven't seen a republican candidate suffer this much, this badly, and finish in such a vulnerable position. >> reporter: what is holding romney back? in ohio, a telling number. when voters were asked which candidate best understands the problems of average americans, a full third picked santorum. romney's the first to face criticism that he's out of touch. al gore, they put him in the swerts and earth tones. four years ago, a more human hillary clinton. she cried. and who could forget when she took that shot. even barack obama, bowling. romney tried a visit of nascar, nascar teams. you can expect more of these, town hals, where team romney believes he does connect. where tech tiniest of voices make him more human.

-- players are the same. mitt romney is trying to nudge his opponents toward the sidelines but so far they are not budging. >> reporter: he didn't win a knockout punch tuesday, but mitt romney's dell great lead is growing -- delegate lead is growing. upon here's the breakdown. romney way ahead with 38%, santorum 27%, gingrich and ron paul well behind. if romney was hoping his opponents would call it a day, it didn't happen. a santorum ally urged newt gingrich to abandon the race. the former house speaker said he'd only consider that if he thought santorum was sure to beat romney and then president obama. >> we win both alabama and mississippi next tuesday night, in is a whole new race for i think the ninth time. >> reporter: romney went only six of the ten contest, but the delegate mas is in his favor. increasing the president odds of winning in november. tell that to rick santorum. >> we've proven we can win out west, the upper midwest, the heart land, the south. >> reporter: in the overall race for delegates, romney is way ahead. he is leading with 419 delegates. nobody else even

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